diff --git a/webapp/components/Chat/Chat.vue b/webapp/components/Chat/Chat.vue
index d7864ebef..d00133a56 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Chat/Chat.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/Chat/Chat.vue
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ export default {
           this.messagesLoaded = true
         }
         this.messagePage += 1
+
+        // hacky way to make urls clickable for the chat component
+        // --> linkify in the backend is changing the syntax of the url
+        this.messages.forEach((msg) => {
+          msg.content = msg.content.replace(/<\/?a[^>]*>/g, '')
+        })
       } catch (error) {
         this.messages = []
         this.$toast.error(error.message)